Consulting and Public Policy Panel April 1, 2011 - The MIT Global Education & Career Development and the MIT Public Service Center invite you to come hear from two panelists who have turned their passion for education into plans for consulting and public policy careers. Find out how these students followed their commitment to a cause toward further degrees and rewarding careers. A brief Q&A session is given after in which the panelist answer various topics of questions.
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Terence McDonough
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McMaster Students Union President Matthew Dillon-Leitch on funding for liberal arts building A $45.5-million investment by the Ontario government will allow McMaster to build a major new liberal arts building that will be used by more than half the entire student body and improve access to education for under-represented groups such as Aboriginal people, Crown wards and first-generation students.
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Performance skills are those aspects that set dancing apart from mechanical movement. Often, our attention is drawn to the dancer who is using a range of performance skills effectively, because they stand out from the rest.

Performance skills are aspects such as:

focus;

projection;

musicality;

timing;

emphasis;

expression.

All of these aspects a

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Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way to be Smart [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Ian Ayres | Today's best and brightest organisations are analysing massive databases at lightning speed to provide greater insights into human behaviour. From internet sites like Google and Amazon that know your tastes better than you do, to a physician's diagnosis and your child's education, to boardrooms and government agencies, a new breed of decision makers--call them super crunchers--are calling the shots. And they are delivering staggeringly accurate results. Want to Author(s): No creator set

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Unjust Rewards: Exposing Greed and Inequality in Britain Today [Audio] Speaker(s): Polly Toynbee, David Walker | The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. City workers earn millions. Manual workers earn less than they did thirty years ago. The widening gap is tearing apart the fabric of our society. In their new book Unjust Rewards: Exposing Greed and Inequality in Britain Today, Polly Toynbee and David Walker present a worrying portrait of Britain.Author(s): No creator set

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'Responding to the Global Crisis' and 'Climate Change Mitigation and Development' - Launch Lecture o Speaker(s): Heiner Flassbeck, Radhika Desai, Dr Robert Falkner | Heiner Flassbeck presents The Trade and Development Report 2009, subtitled "Responding to the Global Crisis and Climate Change Mitigation and Development." The worst economic downturn since the Great Depression is having a serious impact on developing countries, and at this point UNCTAD economists estimate that it will be virtually impossible for sub-Saharan African nations to achieve such United Nations Millennium Development GoalAuthor(s): No creator set

3.2.1 Words and images Care is needed at all stages of life. This unit makes care in the family its focus because the overwhelming majority of care, including health care, is supplied in families, much of it in private, much of it unnoticed and unremarked upon. The meaning of the term (informal carer) and the word (care) itself are explored.Author(s): The Open University

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Gengo Spanish #1 - Bon Voyage in Spanish Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! You have to tell your Spanish professor you’re planning to miss some of her classes, and you’re not sure how she might react. You don’t want to get a failing grade in your Spanish class, of course, and you don’t want to upset your professor either, especially with your final Spanish [...]Author(s): SpanishPod101.com

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Boiler Bytes: Spring Fling 2011 Several thousand faculty, staff and retirees enjoyed Spring Fling, the annual employee appreciation event held this year on May 19.
Entertainment, including karaoke, yard games and various activities, kept attendees engaged throughout the afternoon. Some enjoyed the sun, the fitness walk, the vehicle show and bingo, among other events.
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Post-Mubarak Egypt springs reality check for investors July 27 - Several months after the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak fresh street protests in Egypt rattle foreign investors already wary of buying into any recovery story. Insider's Darcy Lambton reports.Author(s): No creator set

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5.10 Vibrating air column: end effects How do different instruments produce the sounds we classify as music? How do we decide whether something – a piano, a vacuum cleaner – is actually a musical instrument? In this unit we investigate the way vibrations and sound waves are harnessed to create music.Author(s): The Open University

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Transposition: Changing KeysCatherine Schmidt-Jones
Transposition, or changing the key of a piece of music, can be useful and is sometimes necessary to make music more singable or playable. Music is transposed by raising or lowering every note by […]Author(s): No creator set

The Big Mo Momentum is not only a physical principle; it is a psychological phenomenon. Students learn how the "Big Mo" of the bandwagon effect contributes to the development of fads and manias, and how modern technology and mass media accelerate and intensify the effect. Students develop media literacy and critical thinking skills to analyze trends and determine the extent to which their decisions may be influenced by those who manipulate a few opinion leaders. Note: The literacy activities for the MechanAuthor(s): No creator set

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Next steps How does a child’s mind and behaviour change as they develop over time? In this unit four theories of child development are explored. Each theory views child development from a different perspective and all have underpinned psychological research for many years, and continue to do so today. By the end of this unit you will have a good understanding of each of the theories and will probably have begun to challenge your own assumptions about how your own children, or children you know, have deveAuthor(s): The Open University

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